The former Super Eagles captain will be feted by
the state government as part of plans to turn
the metropolis into a venue for high quality
sport and entertainment The Lagos State Government is set to host a
befitting testimonial for former Nigeria captain
Joseph Yobo where it expects players like
Samuel Eto’o, Didier Drogba, and a host of other
global names to participate, Goal has learnt.
Though the date has not been announced, the
Yobo testimonial will be a celebration of the
career of the former defender who was the first
to reach a century of caps for the Nigeria senior
national team, according to Mr Adeboye
Anthony Adeyinka, Senior Special Assistant on Sports to the Lagos State Governor. After a successful staging of the Lagos
Marathon last weekend, the Lagos State
Government is starting to look at sports as a
veritable way to market the metropolis, and
what bigger way than football and Yobo?
“The match will be played in Lagos but it will not
be a Lagos thing alone because Yobo played for
Nigeria so it will also be a Federation event,”
Adeyinka told Goal. The 35-year-old had a distinguished career
which took him to several countries and clubs.
He played in Belgium, France, England and
Turkey with varying degrees of success.
Yobo led the Super Eagles to victory at the 2013
Africa Cup of Nations before calling time on his
international career after Nigeria’s second
round elimination by France at the 2014 World
Cup in Brazil. “When he was playing in Nigeria, he was a
respected person. When he played abroad he
was never red-carded in any match. All his
coaches will testify to what I have said and they
will be invited to the testimonial,” said
Adeyinka.
Mr Adeboye Anthony AdeyinkaApart from the high profile Yobo match, Lagos
will also return to domestic football relevance
when the new Nigeria Professional Football
League season starts on February 21 due to the
promotion of two clubs into the top flight. Privately-run MFM FC and Ikorodu United have
been given the use of Agege Stadium and
Onikan Stadium as home grounds respectively
by the government.
Adeyinka believes their promotion is a result of
the importance that the government places in
football development and a justification of its
policy not to get involved in the running of
clubs unlike what obtains in many other states.
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LAGOS EXPECTS GLOBAL NAMES AT JOSEPH YOBO TESTIMONIALCreated at 2016-02-10
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